Clothespole socket



July 10, 1934. M. GLASS CLOTHESPOLE SOCKET Filed Aug. 19, 1953 VM( v..04.

Patented July 10, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to posts or poles for supporting clothes linesand particularly to those poles which are insertible into a socketpermanently formed in the ground or pavement.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a clothes poleor socket having certain improved characteristics and advantages and inwhich the socket is provided with anchoring means whereby it may beanchored to the earth or concrete from turning movement or from beingpulled out and which is further provided with a drainage opening for thedischarge of any water which may accumulate in the socket.

. Another object is to provide a socket member having a cover or lidwhich may be turned over to close the socket when the pole is withdrawn,this cover or lid being so engaged with the socket that it is lockedfrom oscillation and from being knocked out of place by vehicle wheels,lawn mowers and the like.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a socket for receiving aclothes pole constructed in accordance with my invention, the pole beingin elevation;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the socket with the cover opened;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the lower end of the socket;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4--4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the head.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the socket member 10consists of a length of pipe having at its upper end a sleeve 11 whichmay have screw-threaded engagement with the pipe or be attached to thepipe in any suitable manner, this sleeve having an outwardly extendinglug 12. The upper end of the sleeve is formed with a plurality ofvertical recesses 13. Extending through the lug 12 is a cap screw 14which is longer than the thickness of the lug and which is engaged withthe cap or cover 15. This cover is formed with radially extending teeth16 which when the cover is in place extend down into the recesses 13 sothat the cover when in place is locked against rotational movement uponthe cap screw and cannot be kicked out of place or accidently shifted bya lawn mover or vehicle wheel.

-The lower end of the pipe 10 has screw-threaded or other engagementwith a terminal member 17. 55 This has an anchoring portion and belowthe anchoring portion is tapered downwardly and provided with a drainageopening 18 adjacent the lower end of the internal cavity or chamberformed within the member 17.

The anchoring head 19 is rectangular in plan *50 view and provided witha plurality of outwardly projecting ribs 20, these ribs extendingvertically upward and extending radially so that when elnbedded, theanchoring member and the pipe 10 are held from rotation or upward ordownward '65 movement.

Adapted to be disposed within the socket formed by the pipe 10 is thepost or clothes pole 21 which is also formed of pipe having a slightlyless external diameter than the internal diameter of the pipe 10 andhaving any desired length. It will be seen that the internal chamberformed within the terminal member 17 is contracted toward its lower endso that the lower end of this post or pole 21 when inserted within thecavity 75 will contact with the wall of this chamber at the point 22 sothat the lower end of the post will be supported above the drainageopening 18 and thus will not in any way impede the discharge of waterthrough the drainage opening.

The upper end of the post 21 is provided with a head 23 which haspreferably screw-threaded engagement with the upper end of the post 21and is provided with a plurality of upwardly projecting studs 24 eachheaded at its upper end, these con- `85 stituting cleats around whichclothes lines may be wrapped and tied so as to permit the clothes linesto extend in all directions from the post 21. Preferably the lowerportion of the socket element 10 will be embedded in a block of concrete25, the 90 anchoring portion 19 being disposed preferably just above thebottom face of this concrete block. f By embedding the lower portion ofthe socket within a block of concrete, the socket will be iirmlyanchored in place and supported against any tilting thrusts.

The lower end of the terminal portion 17, of course, will be disposedbelow the under face of the concrete so as to permit drainage throughthe opening 18. Preferably, the hole or post 21 will -100 be made of oneand one-half inch pipe while the socket member 10 will have an internaldiameter slightly greater than this.

The rectangular shape of the anchoring head 19 not only acts to preventany turning of the V105 post or rather of the clutch within which thepost is disposed but it permits the anchoring head to be readily held ina vise and the socket pipe 10 and topall assembled at one time withoutmarring the parts of the pipe wrench.

1. A clothes pole socket, the socket consisting of a length ofpipevopenat its upper and lower ends, a collar connected with the upper end ofthe pipe, a cover for the socket pivotally mounted upon said collar toswing into position over or away from said socket, a hollow terminalmemlength of pipe open at its upper'and lower ends,

a collar connected to the upper end of the pipe and constituting a headand having the laterally projecting 1ug,.the head being formed withvertical recesses, a cover, a screw passing loosely through the lug and'engaging with the cover, the screw being longer than the thickness ofthe lug and the cover having radially extending lugs adapted tointerlock with the recesses in the upper ends of the head, a hollowterminal member engaging with the lower end of the socket, the terminalmembery being tapered downwardly and having a drainage opening, saidterminal member at its upper end having horizontally and verticallydisposed projecting portions whereby it may beY anchored in the concreteblock or in the ground.

MAT'I'HEW GLASS.

